Financing
The Der Grüne Punkt - Duales System Deutschland GmbH finances its activities by licensing the trade mark "Der Grüne Punkt" to fillers, packers and importers. Once a company concludes a Trade Mark Contract, it is obliged to attach the Green Dot to packaging registered with the Dual System. The Green Dot as a financing mark on packaging shows that industry and trade are making a financial contribution to the system. All in all, Duales System Deutschland GmbH has about 18.000 companies as customers.
In compliance with the user-pays principle, the licence fees for the Green Dot are calculated on the basis of the material used, the weight and the number of items sold. They also take account of the different costs incurred for collecting and sorting the packaging materials and, in the case of plastics, for recycling. The companies pay only for those items of packaging they put on to the German market.
How are the licence fees calculated?
List of licence fees and bases of assessment
valid from 01.01.2007
The licence fees for the use of the trade mark "Der Grüne Punkt" are calculated on the basis of the materials that make up the complete registered pack and the corresponding material prices. Licence fee reductions may be granted under certain conditions. The statutory value-added tax will be added to the calculated licence fee for customers resident in Germany.
1. Licence fee
The licence fees are calculated by multiplying the weight of the materials that make up the complete pack with the respective material prices.
2. Licence fee reductions
2.1 Reductions for specific packaging
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Large packaging: |
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The licence fee may be reduced by 30 % for |
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rigid packaging |
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- made of plastic |
>= 5 l |
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- made of board/cardboard |
>= 25 l |
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- made of other materials |
>= 25 l |
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flexible packaging made of plastic, paper, other composites
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>= 0.75 m² or >= 25 l |
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Transparent PET bottles:
The licence fee for transparent PET monolayer bottles with a brimful volume of < 5 l may be reduced by 13 % (more details are given in the current guide "Transparent PET bottles"). |
2.2 Reductions for specific product groups
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For the product groups listed in Annex I, at least 15% of which are delivered to places other than private households, the licence fee (after the reduction for specific packaging) may be reduced by between 12% and 35%, depending on the product group. |
3. Bases of assessment
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The basis of assessment is the complete pack. In this context, complete pack means the sum of all components in the pack, i.e. packaging materials, packaging components, auxiliary packaging components, opening fitments, handling aids and metering devices. The fee is calculated on the basis of the individual materials used and their respective weights. This also applies to packaging combinations.
A fee will be charged for each component of the complete pack.
The licence fee for the complete pack is established by adding the fees for the primary packaging, secondary packaging and each further packaging level.
Weight details should be given in grammes, rounded to two decimal points.
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If more than 95 percent by weight of the primary packaging, the secondary packaging or a further packaging level consists of one main material, the total weight of the respective packaging level may be calculated at the price for the main material (so-called 95/5 ruling).
Additives used for the production of the materials or for finishing the pack are allocated to the main material.
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Composite packaging materials are charged at the rate for Other composites. If more than 95 percent by weight of a composite packaging material consists of one main material, the total weight may be calculated at the price for the main material.
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Composite cartons (LPB) are packs made of composite packaging materials, for which a company approved by Der Grüne Punkt - Duales System Deutschland GmbH (e.g. ReCarton GmbH) acts as acceptance and recycling guarantor. Composite cartons are calculated as complete units, i.e. inclusive of the opening and closing fitments. They may only be calculated at the price specified for composite cartons as long as an acceptance and recycling guarantee is submitted. Otherwise the rulings for Other composites shall apply
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If the trade mark user is unable to give the weight of the packaging, the average weight calculated for comparable packaging by Der Grüne Punkt - Duales System Deutschland GmbH shall apply. Der Grüne Punkt - Duales System Deutschland GmbH reserves the right of re-calculation on verification of the accurate material-specific weights of the packaging.
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Examples (without transport packaging)
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Country: Germany |
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Example 1: |
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can filled with corn |
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Calculation of licence fees for 1 item |
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packaging data per can: |
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weight of tinplate: 45,63 gramm |
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paper label: 2,55 gramm |
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volume of can: 425 ml |
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calculation of weight related fee: |
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45,63 g x 28,00 Cent/kg of tinplate = 1,305 Cent |
1,241 Cent |
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2,55 g x 18,00 Cent/kg of paper = 0,0459 Cent |
0,045 Cent |
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subtotal net |
1,286 Cent |
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VAT 16 % |
0,244 Cent |
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grand total gross |
1,53 Cent | |
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